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    The Small Hive Beetle is a pest native to Africa that was first discovered in the United States in Florida in 1998. It has since spread throughout the southeastern US due to factors like European honey bees having different behaviors than African bees, changes in climate, and the transportation of infested bee colonies and equipment between apiaries. The beetle has a life cycle of 10-16 days as a larva and 3-4 weeks as a pupa. As an adult it is broad and flattened, about 5.7mm long, and easily hides in dark places. It can damage bee colonies by destroying stored bee products and leaving slimy comb. Integrated Pest Management approaches including sanitation, trapping, and chemicals

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    The Small Hive Beetle is a pest native to Africa that was first discovered in the United States in Florida in 1998. It has since spread throughout the southeastern US due to factors like European honey bees having different behaviors than African bees, changes in climate, and the transportation of infested bee colonies and equipment between apiaries. The beetle has a life cycle of 10-16 days as a larva and 3-4 weeks as a pupa. As an adult it is broad and flattened, about 5.7mm long, and easily hides in dark places. It can damage bee colonies by destroying stored bee products and leaving slimy comb. Integrated Pest Management approaches including sanitation, trapping, and chemicals

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    Small Hive Beetle

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    The Small Hive Beetle is a pest native to Africa that was first discovered in the United States in Florida in 1998. It has since spread throughout the southeastern US due to factors like European honey bees having different behaviors than African bees, changes in climate, and the transportation of infested bee colonies and equipment between apiaries. The beetle has a life cycle of 10-16 days as a larva and 3-4 weeks as a pupa. As an adult it is broad and flattened, about 5.7mm long, and easily hides in dark places. It can damage bee colonies by destroying stored bee products and leaving slimy comb. Integrated Pest Management approaches including sanitation, trapping, and chemicals

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    Small Hive Beetle (SHB):

    Aethina tumida Murray


    First described in 1867
    Native to Africa
    In its native range
    Secondary pest due to:
    Absconding
    Aggression
    Removal of eggs
    Encapsulation
    Patrolling



    U.S. Invasion History
    First report from an apiary in St.
    Lucie, Florida in 1998
    Unidentified specimens found in
    South Carolina in 1996
    Were found in apiaries in Georgia
    less than one year later

    Range
    So whats the BIG deal?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVwZV5xq
    V5k
    Why so successful?
    European bees have different behavior
    Different climate
    Efficient in long range transportation
    Movement of infested colonies
    Migratory beekeeping
    Package bees
    Beekeeping equipment
    Overwinter in honey bee cluster
    Short cut in life history???

    Host finding
    Good flyers
    Can detect stressed
    colonies
    13-16 km
    Also attracted to adults,
    honey and pollen
    Host intrusion
    Small nest entrances easier to defend
    Beekeeping activities can exacerbate intrusion

    Life cycle
    Description= larvae
    10-16 days to mature
    Description of pupae
    Pupation 3-4 weeks
    Description= Adult
    Order Coleoptera: Family Nitidulidae
    Sap beetles (~2800 described species)
    Adults broad, flattened. 5.7 mm long x 3.2 mm
    wide
    Move quickly and difficult to pick up
    The like the dark and hide
    Begin egg laying a week after emergence
    Can have 4-5 generations a year
    Infestations
    Damage
    Destruction
    of stored
    bee
    products
    Slimy comb!
    Fermented
    honey
    Alternative food sources
    Fruit: cantaloupe, avocado, grapefruit
    However, they develop and reproduce on honey
    bee pollen
    Behavior
    Defense posture- turtle like

    Behavior
    Dropping

    Behavior
    Hiding

    Behavior
    Escape

    Behavior
    Egg laying in small gaps

    Behavior
    Trophollactic mimicry
    Control
    Sanitation
    Control
    Apiary location
    Control
    Trapping
    Control
    Trapping
    Control
    Chemical
    Control
    Mechanical: diatomaceous earth
    Control
    Biological
    five million nematodes treats ~10 hives
    Genera Steinernematidae &
    Heterorhabditidae
    Control
    Biological
    An approach that combines the use of chemicals, biological control
    methods and cultural control methods to keep pest levels below the
    economic threshold while having minimal effects on biological complexes.
    IPM coined in 1972
    Integrated Pest Management
    My Method: BEETLE BOPPING

    Questions

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